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A Candidate's Confusion

As We Could Be Famous pointed out, presidential candidate John McCain is a little confused about his Katrina votes. When a reporter asked McCain if he supported an 8/29 commission, similar to the 9/11 Commission, that would fully investigate the levee failures, he replied that hes supported every investigation and ways of finding out what caused the tragedy.

When McCain visited the Lower Ninth Ward in late April, he vowed to continue funding the recovery effort and to learn the lessons of Katrina and vow that never again, never again will we experience such mishandling of a natural disaster and the suffering that ensued from it.

Sandy Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Levees.org, doesnt think he knows about it. As for his voting record on this issue, Rosenthal suggests McCain should learn more about the commission.

He sounded confused to me, Rosenthal says. He could never have voted for the 8/29 Commission because its never been on the Senate floor.

On a positive note, Rosenthal adds that Congressman Charlie Melancons office recently called her and has agreed to introduce to the House a bill for the 8/29 Commission.